Never rains but it pours. More food stuff from bookforum.com.
The next big fruit?
Food politics links
There are links to a whole bunch of interesting stuff on “Why our food choices matter” on bookforum.com today.
Giant swamp taro analyzed
More of one of our favourite leitmotifs. Lois Englberger tells me her team’s latest paper on variety-level nutritional composition has been accepted by the Journal of Food Composition and Analysis ((Carotenoid and mineral content of Micronesian giant swamp taro (Cyrtosperma) cultivars by Englberger L, Schierle J, Kraemer K, Aalbersberg W, Dolodolotawake U, Humphries J, Graham R, Reid AP, Lorens A, Albert K, Levendusky A, Johnson E, Paul Y, Sengebau F.)). It won’t actually be out for a few months, but here’s the abstract to whet your appetite:
Root crops vs grains
Do we need more vegeculture? Via Tucsonivores.